Though editorialists at The New York Times and The Washington Post still don't get it, most Democrats in Congress finally do: Today's… — Robert Kuttner Copy Share Image
Man is the Reasoning Animal. Such is the claim. I think it is open to dispute. Indeed, my experiments have proven to… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The current generation of world leaders -- our generation -- is also being called to face significant challenges concerning peace, collective security… — Dilma Rousseff Copy Share Image
“Farther from the sun, a father and son. The soft moon chasing after, the sun running away; a lunacy of circles that… — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
...tis a dangerous thing to ingage the authority of Scripture in disputes about the Natural World, in opposition to Reason; lest Time,… — Thomas Burnet Copy Share Image
Religion should unite all hearts and cause wars and disputes to vanish from the face of the earth; it should give birth… — Abdu'l-Bahá Copy Share Image
While the business of education in Europe consists in lectures upon the ruins of Palmyra and the antiquities of Herculaneum, or in… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
I'm the youngest of 12 children. And although I was the youngest, I tried to organize things in my family. When there… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As for the dispute about solitude and society, any comparison is impertinent. It is an idling down on the plane at the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Yes, Democrats can prove that America pays more for health care than other countries; yes, they have won the dispute that private… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
It was the wish of the Americans that their red brethren should remain peacefully round their own fires, and not embroil themselves… — Zebulon Pike Copy Share Image
Today, we have come a distance. We have made a lot of progress. That cannot be denied. You cannot dispute the fact… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
It is the responsibility of all of us to remind governments of their commitments to settle disputes by peaceful means and to… — Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Copy Share Image
The familiarities of the gaming-table contribute very much to the decay of politeness ... The pouts and quarrels that naturally arise from… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
I do find London exciting. Much as I hate to agree with that tedious old git Samuel Johnson, and despite the pompous… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
All our problems, all our disputes, all our disagreements can be resolved quickly to mutual satisfaction if we address the question. — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
But this inestimable privilege was soon violated: with the knowledge of truth the emperor imbibed the maxims of persecution; and the sects… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
In all the disputes which have excited Christians against each other, Rome has invariably decided in favor of that opinion which tended… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Seeing that the Senses cannot decide our dispute, being themselves full of uncertainty, we must have recourse to Reason; there is no… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I like better for one to say some foolish thing upon important matters than to be silent. That becomes the subject of… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
They dispute not in order to find or even to seek Truth, but for victory, and to appear the more learned and… — Giordano Bruno Copy Share Image
Empathy is like a universal solvent. Any problem immersed in empathy becomes soluble. It is effective as a way of anticipating and… — Simon Baron-Cohen Copy Share Image
I read these words which are the sum of all moral philosophy, and which cut short all the disputes of the casuists:… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
